Makes your iPhone easier to use with these hidden accessibility features

Your iPhone or iPad is packed with features that can make it easier to use, whether you want more text or help sipping. You can also use your AirPods as hearing aids or turn your iPhone into a magnifying glass.

Make Text Size

You can make the text bigger on your iPhone so the screen is easier to read. This feature does not work in every single app, but it will work in many of them.

To find this option, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Larger text. Drag the slider at the bottom of the screen to select a larger text size. You can also enable "Larger availability sizes" here to choose much larger text sizes.

Using AirPods as a hearing aid

If you have AirPods, Apple can use them as a temporary hearing aid. Only enable the "Live List" feature with your AirPods. Your iPhone's microphone will capture sound near you and play it higher through AirPods in your ears.

To do this, go to Settings> Control Center and then add the "Hearing" shortcut to your Control Center. This option only appears if you have AirPods or other compatible hardware connected to your iPhone.

You can then open Control Center and press the audible earphone to enable or disable the Live List.

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Enlarge Your Screen

Zoom feature can enlarge everything on your iPhone -screen.

To find this option, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Zoom. Enable the "Zoom" option at the top of the screen.

You can now double-click on the screen's iPhone screen with three fingers to open the zoom box. Double-tap it again with three fingers to close it. Drag three fingers to move around the screen, or double-click on three fingers and drag to change the zoom level. This can help you see smaller things on the screen, although an app usually does not let you zoom in.

Use your iPhone as magnifying glass

You can use your iPhone as a magnifying glass as well. Your iPhone will use the camera and display an inzoomed image on the screen, making it easier to read the small print and see other details in the real world.

To enable this feature, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Magnifier and enable the "Magnifier" feature. After you triple-click the sidebar on an iPhone X or later, or triple-click the Home button on an iPhone 8 or earlier to immediately open the magnifying glass anywhere.

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Use a Screen Reader

If you are blind or have trouble To read the screen, you can enable VoiceOver mode. In this mode, your iPhone highlights the content on the screen.

To enable this option, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> VoiceOver and enable the "VoiceOver" selector. This screen offers many other options for configuring VoiceOver's behavior. For example, you can press Voice> Numbers to select your favorite voice.

When you review an iPhone's first-time installation process, you can also enable this option by tripling the sidebar on an iPhone X or later, or Problems with clicking the Home button on an iPhone 8 or earlier.

Enable Color Filters

Your iPhone offers a "color filter" that can change the color's appearance on the screen. This can help you if you are color blind. Or, by enabling the "invert colors" option, you can increase the contrast and make your iPhone's screen easier to read.

To find this option, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Show accommodation. Touch "Invert Colors" and select an inverted option to invert the screen's colors. Touch "Color Filter" to enable a color filter that is designed to help with different types of color blindness.

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Enable Closed Captioning

If you find yourself able to use subtitles or other closed captions when watching a video you can tell your iPhone you always want subtitles.

To do this, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Subtitles and Captioning. Enable the "Closed Captions + SDH" feature. You can also choose your preferred visual look for texting here.

Not all apps on your iPhone will obey this setting. Some apps may have their own individual settings instead.

Listen to your screen

To give your eyes a break, you can have your iPhone read the content on the screen high to you. Just select a little text in any app, tap "Speak" and your iPhone reads the text high. You can also get your phone to read everything on the screen.

To find this feature, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Voice and enable "Voice dialing". You can now select text and press a "Speech" button that appears near the usual "Copy" and "Look Up" options.

If you want your iPhone to read the entire screen to you, enable the "Speak Screen" option. You can then swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers, and your iPhone reads the whole screen high. Touch "Voices" on this screen to select the desired voice.

Disable shake to undo

By default, your iPhone uses "shake to undo." When shaking your phone, it will prompt you to undo typing. If you accidentally trigger this feature, you can disable it.

If you do not like this feature, go to Settings> General> Accessibility> Shake to Undo and turn it off.

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Replace swipes with AssistiveTouch

If you have trouble signing on your iPhone screen, you can enable AssistiveTouch instead. This gives you a floating shortcut that you can tap to perform actions like going home, viewing messages, opening the control center, and even squeezing and double-clicking.

More features that make your iPhone easier to use

Settings> General> Availability screen is also filled with other options. You can make all text on your iPhone bold, enable "button shapes" so it's easier to see what can be dropped on the screen, minimize transparency, increase contrast, and decrease animation. You can show labels on the apps buttons so it's easier to see if they're on or off.

If you have a face-to-face iPhone, you can tell your iPhone not to demand your physical attention – in other words, tell you to unlock if your face is present, even if you do not watch the screen. It may be necessary if you often wear sunglasses and the iPhone can not see your eyes, for example.

The Reachability option allows you to move everything on your iPhone screen so you can tap it without adjusting your grip.

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You can also configure how iPhone responds to cranes or give you more time when you double-click or double-click the sidebar.

Other options here allow you to enable mono sound for use with mono headphones, for example, if you just want an earplug and hear everything in one ear. You can enable "LED flash for warnings" and your iPhone blinks its LED when receiving a message, which can help you if you can not hear the message noise.

The Guided Access option here allows you to restrict your iPhone or iPad to specific apps, which is convenient if you hand it over to a child.

The Accessibility Shortcut feature allows you to quickly enable many of these features through an customizable menu that appears when you click your page or home button after you enable it.